Quarter 1 Week 4,5, and 6 Lesson Plans (Sept. 5- Sept. 22)

ELA

LAFS.5.RI.1.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text

LAFS.5.RL.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

LAFS.5.RL.2.5: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

LAFS.5.RL.1.2:  Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

LAFS.5.RL.3.9:  Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

LAFS.5.RL.1.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences.

LAFS.5.RL.3.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel; multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

LAFS.5.RL.1.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

LAFS.5.SL.1.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

SOCIAL STUDIES

SS.5.G.1.3: Identify major United States physical features on a map of North America.

SS.5.G.1.4: Construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information.

In Class:

·         Students will identify and describe the purpose of nonfiction text features before reading an informational text.

·         Students will be given a nonfiction article without any text features and will need to reconstruct the article to include the following: title, heading, bold vocabulary, glossary, index, picture, caption, chart, graph, bulleted list, and diagram.

·         Students will identify the task, purpose, and audience of a writing prompt.

·         Students will distinguish between narrative, informational, and argumentative writing.

·         Students will compare and contrast books from various genres. Students will specifically be looking at characters, settings, plot, and themes. 

·         Students will read informational articles and determine the main ideas of the text.

·         Students will identify the parts of a map and will create an autobiographical map using the proper format. 

·         On Friday, students will take a reading comprehension assessment covering the standards that will be taught this week. 

Homework:  

·         Students are expected to read for at least 20 minutes nightly. They need to be reading their chapter book that will be used for their first book report. Directions for this project were sent home last week (August 31^st).

·         Students will receive an article of the week each Monday. The article will contain 4-6 comprehension questions students must answer after reading the text. The completed article is due every Friday.